In “Custodians of Wonder,” Eliot Stein takes readers on a tour from Japan to Peru to meet the artisans keeping ancient crafts ...

Telegram’s latest update introduces NFT-enabled collectible gifts, allowing users to trade and personalize items. Telegram’s latest update allows users to upgrade gifts into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) ...

What are the best card games on PC? From their humble beginnings as basic ports of paper-based systems and optional minigames in larger titles, card games have come a long way. Whether it’s a ...

Ukrainian partisans in Russia's Moscow Oblast set fire to two locomotives overnight on Dec. 30 destined for occupied regions of Ukraine, according to Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the exiled ...

“‘Made in Japan’ would be my wish, but it’s not easy, because the craftsmen are gone.” Privately-owned Miki House, like other Japanese companies, is contending with a shrinking ...

In 2023, hybrid vehicle sales in Japan reached 55.1% of all vehicles sold, breaching the halfway mark for the first time. In the U.S., hybrid sales are also at a record high. Gas prices are ...

The Morrison Hotel, the famous backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album named after it, was destroyed by a huge fire Thursday while being occupied by dozens of homeless squatters. Almost 100 ...

The beauty of sports card collecting lies not just in the thrill of pulling a rare card or completing a cherished set but in the bonds that the art of collecting creates, across generations, among ...

Unlike their mass-produced cousins, the tough garments crafted at the small Momotaro Jeans factory in southwest Japan are designed to be worn for decades and come with a lifetime repair warranty.

"Mass-produced denim brands like Levis, Diesel and Wrangler are the largest, and more worn, but the highest quality is still Japanese in my opinion," he said, adding that the weak yen and a tourism ...

The Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the occupied territory, launched a rare crackdown earlier this month that has sparked one of the worst armed confrontations between ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Palestinians sit in front of closed shops during a general strike called as Palestinian security forces ...